Narrative: Narration is the telling of a story. The succession of events is given in chronological order. It consists of three parts: introduction, plot, conclusion.
Descriptive: A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what it is describing. A novel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind. A travel book will want you to see the country it is describing.
Argumentative: It is based on the evaluation and judgement in answer to a problem. It refers to the reasons advanced for or against a matter.
Expository: It aims at an explanation of facts.
Conversational: It shows the verbal interaction among people.
Discursive genres and text types
Characteristics:
§ Topic
§ Structure
§ Style
§ Function
Letter to the Editor - Classifieds
Experiment report – Historial account
Rules
Persuasive
Modes of writing:
Narrative: Narration is the telling of a story. The succession of events is given in chronological order. It consists of three parts: introduction, plot, conclusion.
Descriptive: A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what it is describing. A novel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind. A travel book will want you to see the country it is describing.
Argumentative: It is based on the evaluation and judgement in answer to a problem. It refers to the reasons advanced for or against a matter.
Expository: It aims at an explanation of facts.
Conversational: It shows the verbal interaction among people.